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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

NEWTON of-OOOLEY, OF OOENING, IOWA.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettes Patent No. 252,433, dated January 17, 1882.

Application filed September 27, 1881. (No model.)

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NEWTON G. COOLEY, a citizenI of the United States of America, residing at Corning, in the county ofAdams and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description'of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap.- pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures ot' reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has relation to pivoted slatgates, which ,may be swnngin either direction and raised and lowered at the forward ends; and the object is to provide a swinging gato of the class stated which may be readily raised or lowered at the latch end and locked in the desired position. i

My invention therefore consists in 'a pivoted- Slat-gate provided with a loop pivoted to one of the slats and having double templets sliding on a lifting-bar pivoted in the top of' the 25.

hinge-barof the gate. V

My invention also consists in the novel arrangement and combination of pants, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and specilicaily claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specitication, Figure I is-a perspective view of my improved gate. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same raised at an angle.' Y

The letter Afrepresents the gate, composed of the vertical bars B and horizontal slats O and hinges D. The vertical bars are doublethat is, one on each side of the horizontal slats-and have pivot-bolts passing through them and the slats at the points of intersec tion, and at the places of intersection of the top and bottom slat with the vertical hingebar are attached the hinges D, and the same pivot which unites the slats and the bars passes through the metal of the hinges and tastens them securely to the bar in place.

lt will be observed that the front or latch bars are the shortest, and that the hingebars are the longest, while the middle one is of intermediate height, and all reach `above the top slat, for the purpose ot' receiving the liftingbar, which is pivoted between the hinge-bars,

while the others act asguides for the same. To the center slat,'near the front vertical bar, is pivoted a loop, E, which extends above the top slat` ofthe gate, and is provided with the pivoted templets F and F', having their faces inward, and arranged and graduated to receive and guide the lifting slat or bar Gr between them. rllhis lifting slat or bar is pivoted in the top exten sion of the hin ge-bars, an d-exten ds forward through the extensions of the middle and front bars of the gate. It also extends back of the gatepost, and at that end may have a weight of some kind attached to facilitate raising the gate. The gate-post, it will be observed, should be lower than the hingebars ofthe gate, in order to permit the extension of theliltingbar to swing around unobstructed. i

It will also be seen that the bars of the loop extend below the slat to which they are pivoted, in order that the ends may strike and rest againstthe front vertical bar when the` gate reaches a certain position and assist in retaining it in that position.

The use of my improved gate is simple and readily understood. By simply lifting the forward end ofthe gate to the desired height it may be locked in that position by sliding the templets back on the lifting-bar andsetting them so that .the end/of thelifling-bar shall rest on the end of the top slat of the gate. A contrary movement of the templets, with like, setting, lowers the gate and retains it in such position.

Theoperations and advantages of this gate are readily seen from the description and theA drawings.

l reserve the right to vary the construction and vary the parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What l claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is y 1. In a pivot Slat-gate, a loop or strrup pivoted to one of the central slats, and provided with templets pivoted in its upper end capable of receiving between them and engaging with a lifting-bar pivoted Iin the hinge-post of the gate, substantially as described.

2. The improved pivot slatfgate consisting of the vertical bars B, the pivoted slats C, the loop E, with the templets F F', and the pivoted lifting-har G, all arranged and Operating in the manner as described.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in IOO 

